June 20, 2007--Palisade unveils new water treatment plant (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel)
In 2004 the Colorado Department of Health and Environment forced the Town of Palisade to shut down its water treatment plant and begin using Ute Water because the town’s plant was not meeting minimum levels of clarity. Now, three years and $6 million later, the town has a new water treatment plant. Fed by Rapid and Cotton Wood creeks and an underground spring, the plant produces an average of 610,000 gallons a day for the town’s population of nearly 3,000 people.
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